Today's front pages

GAS-FLARING COULD EXTEND BEYOND DEADLINE
Jubilee Field operator Tullow Ghana says it may request an extension to its temporary gas flaring authorisation if Ghana's gas infrastructure is not completed by the end of October.

MARITIME  TRADE LIKELY TO PICK UP
Maritime trade flows, which witnessed a significant annual drop in the second quarter of the year, will likely pick up in the third and last quarters as relative stability returns to the foreign exchange market and economic uncertainty reduces, Ghana Shippers Authority has said.

SCRAP-EXPORT BAN PROVES INEFFECTIVE
Local steel manufacturers are still reeling under the weight of the unbridled export of a 2013 ban of the practice.

380 REAL ESTATE FIRMS COLLAPSE; MORE GHANAIANS LOSE MONEY

The number of real estate developers in the country has decreased substantially from about five hundred active developers to about one hundred and twenty in the past six years, Business Day has gathered.

GHANA DEFERS 3-YEAR BOND
Ghana's plans to sell a 400 million cedis three-year bond this month were deferred due to  the high interest rate environment and government debt ration reasons, according to NDK Asset Management Ltd.

'GORO' BOYS HIJACK VODAFONE CAFE
Investigations conducted by Business Day has revealed that activities of 'Goro' boys (middle men) is booming speedily at the Vodafone cafe at Kwame Nkrumah Circle.

Economy Times
PRIVATE SECTOR ATTRACTS MORE CREDIT
Deposit Money Banks (DMBs) credit to the private sector and public institutions over the 12-month period to July 2014 has increased by 44.3 percent to GH¢6, 806.8 million compared with an increase of GH¢3,695.6 million or 24.1% over the corresponding period in 2013.

GSS PROJECTS 6.9% ECONOMIC GROWTH
The Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) has projected that the economy will  grow at 6.9 per cent in 2014, far from the government's target of 8.0 percent for the year.

MTN GHANA OUTSOURCES, TRANSFERS JOBS ABROAD
Mobile Telecommunications Network (MTN) Ghana is currently embarking on a restructuring program that will see many of the staff being laid off.

Business Week
EBOLA BOOSTS E-COMMERCE
GHANA'S ECONOMY TO GROW AT 6.9%
KENYA SET TO REDUCE POWER BILLS BY 30%
NANA WINS BIG; WHIPS ALAN 94%
'KUKURUDU' CHANTING MINISTER INVOKES ANTOA
The Deputy Eastern Regional Minister, Mavis Ama Frimpong, has threatened to invoke the Antoa Nyamaa river deity to clear her name in connection with a leaked tape that recorded her voice as chanting "kukurudu", the slogan of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

NANA WINS LANDSLIDE VICTORY TO LEAD NPP FOR THIRD TIME

PRESIDENT MEETS QUEEN THURSDAY
MORE POWER FROM AKOSOMBO, BUI TO EASE LOAD SHEDDING

NANA SWINGS INTO ACTION; PLEDGES TO WORKWITH LOSERS TO DEFEAT 'INCOMPETENT NDC'

GHANA CLOSE TO DEAL WITH IMF
Ghana is close to an agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a fiscal assistance programme and is optimistic that its 2015 budget can take that deal into account, Deputy Finance Minister Cassiel Ato Forson told Reuters on Thursday.

NDC MOLES IN TROUBLE AS REGIONAL ORGANISER RUNS TO 'ANTOA' TO EXPOSE THEM

NPP SET FOR TAKEOVER -- AFOKO DECLARES
LIGHT FM PRESENTER ADJUDGED BEST REGGAE DJ
ELECTION 2016: AKUFO-ADDO FACES PREZ MAHAMA AGAIN
CONTROVERSY AT NPP'S WEEKEND PRESIDENTIAL  PRIMARY

'WAHALA' FOR OMANE OVER NEW SONG
MEET THE 10 MALAIKA FINALISTS
NPP UNITED WITH OVER 94% ENDORSEMENT FOR AKUFO-ADDO

KUFUOR PLEDGES FULLEST SUPPORT FO 2016 CAMPAIGN